A million customers use SAP solutions in order to manage their businesses and projects cost efficiently. SAP products help them work successfully and profitably. This is why SAP’s position and the customers’ desire for guaranteed, optimal performance are key. Read about how andagon and IBM can guarantee this in a joint effort in this summary of our success story.

Cost-Effective Know-How for SAP

Numerous companies trust in SAP applications. Failures are noticeable in no time and cause major losses. Such economical risks can be avoided and the responsible software’s quality and performance can be tested up front. andagon has the know-how to organise and execute such comprehensive and above average quality assurance. IBM on the other hand offers excellent software for these specific tasks: the IBM Rational Performance Tester and the optimised extension IBM Rational Performance Tester Extension for SAP.

With these combined competences, andagon is able to first and foremost provide an optimised quality assurance process for their customer that is fast, reliable and economical. Software risks are recognised early on, defects eradicated and power peaks ensured. By this means, software problems during operation and unnecessary investments in inefficient IT structures can both be avoided

100 Percent Improved Performance with andagon

The positive results of the collaboration between andagon and IBM become apparent in various examples: For a specific client, andagon's specialists were able to increase, among other things, the application cycle for a customer by 100 percent to 12.000 units per day. In a different project, we ensured particular functions to be executed in under one second for 90 percent of all users. A third project was laboriously examined for any weak points by testing weaknesses which could not be discovered in a regular test case using a test process for over a week that was specifically developed for this purpose.

In all of these examples and many other situations, andagon was able to discover weaknesses by using optimised IBM tools and help its customers to compensate these weaknesses and to optimise application performance.

Verivox & andagon

Verivox was looking for a service provider which independently covered the entire area of load handling capacity for the migration of an online platform with very large enquiry volume. They found it with andagon.

Maximum Performance – Simulated Load

With the help of aqua, andagon and Verivox were able to measure the maximum capacity of the existing online platform and compare it with the capacity of the new platform. In doing so, complicated user scenarios called for a detailed analysis of the volume of enquiries on the one hand and precise modulation of the simulated load on the other hand. The test scripts were thus equipped with JMeter and Beanshell logic in order to accurately map the behaviour of Internet users and internal employees.

The subsequent evaluations of the test execution revealed that the simulated load near to perfectly reflected the real load. Thus, it was proven that the load test delivered meaningful results.

Transparency via Optimal Reporting

The technical execution of the load tests was just as important as the respective reporting. For via the reporting, Verivox was able to gain transparency regarding the weak points of its application and plan its business activities accordingly.

aqua facilitates the work involved by means of its extensive and adaptable reporting system, which can be configured according to the customer’s individual requirements. Verivox’s technical decision makers as well as the management were
optimally informed at all times

Endress+Hauser & andagon

As the quality assurance of GUIs swallowed many resources to date and as the implemented tools did not bring the desired effect, a new concept was needed. This is where andagon came into play.

Test Automation with andagon

The major challenge was to implement a suitable tool for the test automation of GUI tests and to train the employees.

Following the identification of an appropriate concept for Endress+Hauser and its integration into the test framework developed by the customer, a start could be made on implementing actual projects. Encouraged by the success of our work, the test methodology was also extended to projects at other locations.

Subsequently, andagon focused on the following topics:

testability analysis

integration into a deployed framework

Test Automation

test automation

consulting for group-wide standardised GUI tests

andagon has since been involved in many interesting projects. In andagon, Endress+Hauser has found a permanent contact agency for test automation and quality assurance.

CONET & andagon

The IT service provider CONET was looking for a solution covering the entire development process for its projects within the specialised field of Microsoft Solutions.

The specialist side as well as the requirements manager are intended to be actively involved in this. The chosen QA tool needs to be intuitive and enable a quick entry for those who are technically less experienced. Using aqua, CONET can meet all these requirements.

Getting Professional Users on Board – Through Simple Handling

Because aqua’s user interface in the look & feel of MS Office enables fast instruction – no laborious training needed. Compared to old, document-based solutions, with aqua, all information can be found quickly and duplication of work due to a lack of communication can be avoided. At the same time, various teams benefit from a noticeably better exchange of information.

Export Options for Optimal Documentation

What is more, aqua’s comprehensive export functions enable the creation of documents from existing requirements at all time, should they be needed.

T-Mobile & andagon

In June 2004, andagon accepted the assignment of the telecommunications company T-Mobile to create a process-orientated test automation solution according to specific requirements.

When standard solutions fail due to a lack of complexity and insufficient individuality, or if special requests such as the networking across several countries are expressed – then it is time for new solutions. For the area of test automation, andagon delivered the solution with the “international test automation platform”, iTAP for short.

Breaking through Barriers – an Integral Business Process as a Test Case

iTAP shifts the previous boundaries of test automation – and in doing so cancels some of these: an integrated business process is modelled and executed as a test case, whereby all of T-Mobiles’ used test-tools (HP, IBM Rational, in-house developments) are integrated. Besides the possible integration of external testing tools, iTAP has its own tools, which support typically neglected interfaces (SQL, UNIX, Java, VB, etc.). An integration of the HP Quality Centre in iTAP also ensued.

Due to its intuitive and clear structure, iTAP is widely accepted by its users. As never before, the clear representation of test runs as a workflow enables an accessibility of test systems for expert users without a background in information technology.

Uwe Günther Nast (Vice President IS Quality) expresses the success as follows: “The automated testing of our information systems has reached an unprecedented degree of efficiency. At the same time, optimal communication among teams is ensured, also on an international level.”

LWV Hessen & andagon

A software used by LWV maps processes crucial for business so that software defects or even failures quickly become a very costly and time-consuming matter.

The objective of the project is thus to develop a test framework that executes automated regression testing on various versions of a software. It should be easy to configure but be as versatile as possible.

To this end, the most important requirements for the prospective solution were laid down right at the start of the project. In close consultation with the customer, the following key features were defined in advance.

The implementation of a modular structure with the objective of reusability of particular classes and methods.

The assurance of robustness for new versions and modified object paths.

The compilation of a connection to the test management tool XStudio as well as a database for data-driven testing.

The adaption of interfaces to XStudio in order to map the reports compiled by Ranorex in XStudio.

Finally, provisions should be made for appropriate documentation.
Since then, automated regression testing runs at night enabling a regular evaluation in the morning. Besides significantly increased test coverage, many of the otherwise severe defects can be eradicated without problem and with little effort. Money can be saved and time used more efficiently.

Thanks to the expertise and the commitment of andagon’s expert, the project was able to proceed much faster than anticipated. Moreover, a further project has already been initiated. We are looking forward to further exciting projects with the state welfare association of Hesse.

Quality Assurance in IT

Quality assurance is an important part in all phases and all areas of an IT project. And in all phases, our consultants are there for you. From the definition of requirements to the operation, we support you: Efficient - strategic- transparent. Whether on-site or remotely: Our trained consultants are optimally prepared for your assignments by our training management. So your product risks remain low and your costs manageable

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Our Customers

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IBM

IBM, one of the world’s leading companies for hardware, software, and IT services optimised its quality assurance with our help and thus guarantees even higher customer satisfaction.